Fundamentals of Care: Impact of Washing on Patient Experience

Patient hygiene is one of the most essential — yet often overlooked — fundamentals of nursing care. Despite advances in healthcare, the traditional bed bath remains largely unchanged for centuries. This CPD-accredited event explores how something as routine as patient washing can have a profound impact on dignity, comfort, and overall patient experience.

Through a series of insightful presentations, lived experiences, and clinical reflections, we'll examine how fundamentals of care and patient hygiene affects delivery of safe, effective, high-quality care that can transform both patient and caregiver wellbeing.

Key Themes

• Rethinking the traditional approach to bed bathing
• Understanding the physical and emotional impact of hygiene practices
• The unique challenges of washing and dignity in dementia care
• Innovations in patient hygiene and how they enhance experience
• Hearing from patients directly about their personal experiences

Featured Speakers

• Rebecca Feo – Senior Research Fellow, Focused on Enhancing Fundamentals of Care
• Debbie Wickens – Head of Harm Free Care, Barking, Havering and Redbridge NHS Trust
• Tamara Backhouse – Senior Research Fellow, Focused on Improving Care for Patients with Dementia
• Tracey Carr – Independent Consultant for Patients Living with Obesity
• Anna Binks – Patient Experience Advocate & Former NHS Operational Business Manager

Who Should Attend

This event is ideal for:

• Nurses and healthcare assistants
• Patient experience leads
• Clinical educators and ward managers
• Policy makers in patient care improvement
• Anyone interested in enhancing compassionate, person-centred care

Join us to see how we can reshape the fundamentals of care — one wash at a time.

This registration page is for in-person tickets only, to book an online space, click here.

Please note:

• The event allows attendees to gain 5 hours CPD-certified towards revalidation.
• That the views and perspectives of the speakers are their own and not necessarily shared by Medstrom. We aim to provide a platform to share these views in a respectful manner.
• In-Person delegate spaces are limited to 2-3 individuals per Trust.
• In-Person attendance is restriced for clinical personnel only and we hold the right to decline applications to attend from industry personnel.